What Seçil Kauçuk does

Seçil Kauçuk (legal entity: Seçil Kauçuk Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a Turkish industrial rubber products manufacturer founded in 1983, headquartered with its main factory in Tarsus, Mersin. The company produces EPDM rubber sealing gaskets, profiles, and components manufactured via injection press and compression machines, using proprietary co-extrusion technology. Its portfolio is organized across five business units: Construction (door and window seals including coated, colored, sponge, threaded, banded, and co-extruded gaskets), Infrastructure (pipe and transport system gaskets meeting European standards), Home Appliance (seals for washing machines, dishwashers, coolers, and ovens), Automotive (door, hood, and luggage seals, glass run channels, dynamic and static profiles), and Energy & Industry (solar energy fasteners and specialized industrial seals). The company positions itself as the first Turkish manufacturer of many rubber solar energy fasteners and the only domestic manufacturer for the majority of that product range.

The business operates as a B2B industrial manufacturer with a direct sales model. Seçil Kauçuk sells to industrial customers through its own offices in Istanbul (Marmara region), plus wholly-owned subsidiaries in Germany (SECIL KAUTSCHUK Deutschland GmbH), the UK (SECIL UK LIMITED), Poland (SEÇIL Polska sp. z o.o.), and Sweden (Secil Rubber), with additional sales offices in Belgium and Italy. Its R&D Laboratory was accredited as an R&D Center by Turkey's Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology in 2017. The company maintains an extensive certification stack — ISO 9001, ISO 14001, IATF 16949, ISO 27001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 14064-1 — plus product-specific certifications (Kiwa K86078/04, RAL 803, DIN 7863, Ford Q1, TS EN 681-1, TS 7510), qualifying it to supply tier-1 European automotive and construction customers. Quantified performance claims from the company's own materials include infrastructure seals stress-relaxation-tested for nearly 100 years of life and home appliance seals subjected to a minimum 300 hours of accelerated life testing.

Seçil Kauçuk's go-to-market combines direct field sales through its regional offices, trade fair participation (notably the Eurasia Window Fair, Hall 2/Stand 201A in 2020), and its corporate website (www.seciltr.com) for product information. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and the company develops "customer standards" — custom designs tailored to individual industrial buyers. In March 2020, the company launched the Aries Project, implementing SAP S/4HANA for Customer Management 2.0 as a digital transformation initiative. Seçil Kauçuk is a privately held Turkish joint stock company (A.Ş.) with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or funding rounds in available data. General Manager Seçil Koç Doğan leads the company, which employs 501–1,000 people across its operations.

Name

Seçil Kauçuk

Legal name

Seçil Kauçuk Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Website

https://seciltr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Seçil Kauçuk, founded in 1983, manufactures EPDM rubber sealing gaskets and profiles for the construction, infrastructure, home appliance, automotive, and energy industries. The Turkish company operates a Tarsus factory plus wholly-owned European subsidiaries in Germany, the UK, Poland, and Sweden.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Rubber Sealing Products

NAICS

Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (339991), Rubber Product Manufacturing (3262)

SIC

Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050), Fabricated Rubber Products, Nec (3060)

akta.pro primary industry

Seals, Gaskets & O-Rings (Industrial Elastomer) (IMANALAC)

Keywords

• Rubber sealing products
• EPDM gaskets
• Automotive sealing profiles
• Pipe sealing gaskets
• Industrial rubber manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tarsus

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Seçil Kauçuk manufactures and supplies industrial rubber sealing products, primarily EPDM-based gaskets and profiles, for five end markets: construction (door and window seals), infrastructure (pipe and transport system gaskets), home appliances (washing machines, dishwashers, ovens, coolers), automotive (door, hood, luggage seals and glass run channels), and energy & industry (solar energy fasteners, industrial special seals). Products are produced using injection press and compression machines with co-extrusion technology, and are sold B2B to industrial customers in Turkey and Europe.

Product overview

Seçil Kauçuk is a rubber products manufacturer offering sealing solutions across five distinct product categories: Construction Seals (door and window gaskets with various finishes), Infrastructure Seals (pipe and transport system seals), Home Appliance Seals (parts for washing machines, dishwashers, ovens), Automotive Seals (vehicle sealing profiles and gaskets), and Energy & Industry Seals (solar energy fasteners and industrial rubber products). The company operates as a single unified product portfolio focused on rubber sealing technology, serving diverse sectors from construction to automotive with EPDM and other rubber compounds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction (Yapı) Seals Rubber sealing products for the construction industry, including classic black gaskets plus coated, colored, sponge, thread, banded, and co-extruded gaskets for door and window applications, sold B2B to construction product manufacturers and contractors.
• Infrastructure (Altyapı) Seals Sealing gaskets for pipes and similar transport systems used in infrastructure projects, produced according to European quality standards (including TS EN 681-1), sold to infrastructure contractors, pipe manufacturers, and utilities.
• Home Appliance (Beyaz Eşya) Seals Rubber parts and sealing products for home appliances including washing machines, dishwashers, coolers, and ovens, designed in compliance with European Health and Chemical (REACH) Regulations and supplied B2B to appliance OEMs.
• Automotive (Otomotiv) Seals Automotive sealing profiles and rubber parts including door sealing gaskets, front hood seals, luggage seals, secondary sealing glass run channels, movable glass run channels, and press/injection rubber parts, supplied B2B to automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers under IATF 16949 and FORD Q1 quality systems.
• Energy & Industry (Enerji & Endüstri) Seals Rubber products for energy and industrial applications, including solar energy fasteners (rubber T, sleeves, elbows, blind plugs), electric conductivity seals, and specialized industrial seals, sold B2B to solar energy installers and industrial customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Infrastructure seals tested to perform for nearly 100 years according to stress relaxation test results
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Röchling Group: Germany-based global plastics and rubber products group with industrial, automotive, and infrastructure offerings. Overlaps with Seçil in industrial rubber and sealing products and serves as a broader European benchmark.
• Hutchinson SA: France-based diversified industrial rubber specialist (TotalEnergies subsidiary) serving automotive, aerospace, and industrial customers. Overlaps with Seçil in EPDM-based sealing solutions and represents a global incumbent competitor.
• Cooper Standard Automotive: US Tier-1 supplier of sealing, fuel/brake, and fluid-handling systems for global OEMs. Overlaps with Seçil's automotive sealing products and represents the scale/seal-quality benchmark Seçil competes against in auto OEM tenders.
• Trelleborg AB: Sweden-based global leader in polymer engineering and rubber sealing solutions with broad industrial, infrastructure, automotive, and appliance exposure. Direct product overlap (EPDM profiles, gaskets) and a major incumbent benchmark for Seçil's European expansion.

Direct peers

• Standard Profil: Turkish-headquartered global manufacturer of automotive sealing systems (door, trunk, glass-run profiles) for OEMs. The most directly comparable competitor to Seçil — same geography, similar product family, and overlapping automotive sealing customer base.
• Henniges Automotive: Global supplier of rubber and plastic sealing systems for automotive and building-construction applications. Directly comparable to Seçil across automotive and construction sealing product lines and customer base.
• Woco Group: German manufacturer of rubber/elastomer technical components, including automotive and appliance sealing systems. Comparable to Seçil in mid-sized European private manufacturer profile and EPDM-based product mix.
• Semperit AG: Austrian manufacturer of rubber products including sealing profiles for windows, doors, and automotive applications. Closely comparable to Seçil's construction/infrastructure sealing portfolio and pan-European footprint.
• Saargummi: German specialist in automotive weatherseals, door/glass-run profiles, and interior sealing systems with European production plants. Closely comparable to Seçil's Automotive and Construction product lines in both customer base and profile-forming technology.
• Meteor Sealing Systems: UK-based specialist in custom-designed rubber sealing products and gaskets for industrial, automotive, and construction applications. Closely comparable to Seçil as a privately held mid-market European rubber sealing manufacturer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/secilkautschuk
• Facebookfacebook.com/secilkaucuk

Compliance18 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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